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Maurice Timothy Reidy, Executive Editor

Maurice Timothy Reidy joined America's staff in October 2006 after three years as associate editor at Commonweal magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, he wrote his senior thesis in the religion department on the Catholic Common Ground Initiative. Following graduation, he worked

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Articles By Maurice Timothy Reidy
President Woodrow Wilson, 1912 (photo: Library of Congress)
Arts & Culture Books
The Prim Presbyterian: the life of Woodrow Wilson
Maurice Timothy ReidyApril 11, 2018
Wilson's strong moral streak proved to be his greatest asset and his greatest failing.
John Banville at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015 (photoL Gary Doak/Writer Pictures via AP Images).
Arts & Culture Books
Touring literary Dublin with Benjamin Black
Maurice Timothy ReidyFebruary 21, 2018
John Banville has few kind words for the church of his youth, but he is good company nonetheless.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at a conference on adult stem cell research at the Vatican, April 29, 2016 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Arts & Culture Books
Joe Biden suffered a father’s greatest loss, yet he still has hope.
Maurice Timothy ReidyDecember 15, 2017
Joe Biden’s deep love for his son is evident on every page of ‘Promise Me.’
Video
The Vision of Vatican II
Maurice Timothy ReidyJanuary 17, 2017
Ladislas Orsy, S.J., talks with about the vision of Vatican II and how Catholics can help implement it today.
Arts & Culture Books
'Sin Bravely' inadvertently shows the value of a good spiritual director
Maurice Timothy ReidyJanuary 10, 2017
“Sin bravely so that you may know the forgiveness of God.”
Of Other Things
Digital Habits of Mind
Maurice Timothy ReidyApril 14, 2016
Reading for even just 20 minutes helps quiet my mind.
Of Many Things
What do you do for a living?
Maurice Timothy ReidyFebruary 11, 2016
Sometimes I have been tempted to respond, as the late New York Times columnist David Carr once quipped, “I write emails.”
Film
‘Spotlight’ revisits the investigation of sexual abuse.
Maurice Timothy ReidyNovember 04, 2015
“Spotlight,” in theaters nationwide, is a sensitive exploration of the ravages of sexual abuse upon an entire community.
Of Other Things
Communal Combat
Maurice Timothy ReidyOctober 14, 2015
“Show Me a Hero” gets into the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
Faith in Focus
Cafeteria Prayers: Mass at an immigrant detention facility
Maurice Timothy ReidySeptember 16, 2015
Mass at an immigrant detention facility in Florence, Ariz.